Lamp-shade



L. W. LANGEHENNIG.

LAMP SHADE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, 1919.

1,358,563. Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

UNITED STATES LULU' W. LANGEHENNIG, 0E GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA.

LAMP-SHADE.

Application filed April 8, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LULU W. LANGE- HENNIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp- Shades, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to lamp shades and more particularly to a shade for employment in connection with a suspended electric light socket.

In homes, for decorative purposes, and also for the purpose of subduing the light, it is frequently found desirable to provide a suspended or bracketed electric light fixture with a shade, but whether or not the shades be ornamental their construction is almost invariably such that the shade cannot be detached or removed without first removing the electric light bulb from its socket, which, of course, is a decided disadvantage, especially if it is desired to remove the shade after the light has been burning for sometime, as the light must then be switched ofi to avoid burning ones hands in manipulating the bulb. On the other hand even where such shades are intended to be more or less permanent fixtures there are frequently times when it would be desirable to remove the shade so as to obtain the full benefit of the light if it were not for the trouble and inconvenience experienced in effecting such removal, as explained above. Also where such shades are employed primarily for decorative effects it would be of advantage if one shade could be conveniently removed and another one substituted for it so as to vary the decorative effect. For example shades formed of silk, paper, and similar materials have recently come into favor, but almost invariably they are adaptedonly for employment in connection with pedestal or floor lamps, but these lamps are so expensive that it would be of advantage if the same decorative effects could be secured by the employment of such shades in connection with suspended or bracketed light fixtures. An object of the present invention is therefore to provide means whereby a decorative shade of the type mentioned may be applied to a suspended or bracketed electric light fixture and readily and quickly removed and replaced whenever desired without the neces- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Serial No. 288,646.

sity of switching off the light or removing the light bulb from its socket.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a device of this class a supporting means for the shade proper embodying an element which when once applied to the socket of the electric light fixture may be permitted to remain thereon as a permanent fixture, and to provide the shade or any number of variously ornamented shades with elements permanently connected therewith and adapted to be detachably engaged or connected with the said member upon the socket of the fixture, this member being moreover inconspicuous so that its presence will not be noticeable when the shade is not in use. Thus a number of shades variously decorated either to harmonize with the furnishings of the room in which they are to be used or decorated for use on special occasions, such, for example, as Halloween, St. Valentines day, etc, may be selectively substituted one for another without any trouble or inconvenience and even without the employment of any tool or implements of any character whatsoever and, as pre-- viously stated, without the necessity of removing the bulb from its socket.

The invention consists specifically in a split band adapted to be opened and passed around a lamp socket, the same having hook-and-eye connections for fastening its ends together; and it consists also in hookand-eye connections between the suspension elements on the shade and said band, whereby the shade may be attached or detached to the band without removing the latter from the socket.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of one type of shade embodying the present invention applied to a suspended electric light fixture;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a slight modification of the invention.

In the drawings the numeral I indicates a suspended electric light socket and 2 the bulb which is fitted into the socket in the usual manner. The shade which is to be employed in connection with the light is indicated by the numeral 3 and this shade may be of silk or other fabric, paper, glass,

or in fact any other material or combination of materials and may be plain or ornamented and constructed in any deslred manner, the only requirement being that the opening in its top, indicated by the numeral 4, shall be of a diameter greater than the maximum diameter of the light bulb 2 so that the shade may be slipped over the bulb in removing and applying the shade. Flexible suspension elements are provided for supporting the shade 3 and these elements, indicated in the drawings by the numeral 5, may be in the nature of chains, cords, or even single links as for example of wire. These elements 5 are connectedat their lower ends in any suitable manner, as indicated by the numeral 6, permanently to the shade 3 at or adjacent the upper edge 7 thereof and each of the elements is provided at its upper end with ahook indicated by the numeral 7 which serves a purpose which will now be made clear.

The numeral 8 indicates a band which .is fitted about'the socket 1 of the light fixture, and this band is provided with a circumferential series of eyes 9, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. It will now be. evident that while the suspension elements 5 are permanently connected with the shade, their hooks 7 may be readily engaged with and disengaged from the eyes 9 of the attaching band 8 soas to permit of the ready attachment and detachment of the shade. It is also to be understood at this point that the band 8 might be provided with hooks and the suspension elements 5 might be provided with'loops or eyes at theirupper ends,-

' or, in other words, that the arrangement of Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the band 8 hooks and eyes illustrated in the drawings may be reversed. 1 1

In that form of the invention shown in which is preferably of sheet metal and resilient, is in the form ofa slit band provided near one end with an outstruck hook 10 and nearits other end with a slot. or eye 11, the last mentioned terminal of the band being preferably turned outwardly as indicated by the numeral 12 so that it may be grasped between the'fingers and hooking the eye of the band over the lug 10 after the band has been disposed around the socket 1 of the light fixture. As the band is resilient, it may be applied to the: socket of the fixture by snapping. it about the saidsocket and to one end of the band as at 14 is a coil spring 15. This spring is designed to span the split side of the band and at its opposite end is provided with an eye 16 which is engageable with a hook 17 stamped out from the band near its end opposite that to which the said spring 15 is permanently connected. As electric light sockets are ordinarily of uniform size the closing means for the, band illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings may ordinarily be employed; but should it be found desirable or necessary, the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 may be employed, the closing means for the band in this form of the invention permitting of considerable expansion of the band even though closed.

It will be understood that the suspension device may be adapted "for the suspension of square lamp shades aswell as 'for shades of the shape shown in the drawings.

Having thus'described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A device for the purpose set forth comprising a shade consisting of a singlebontinuousopen-ended body adapted to completely. encircle an electric lamp bulb, the

shade'and detachably engaged at their upper ends upon the band whereby the shade may be removably suspended from the socket "and surround the bulb. V

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature.

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